HomeMy WebLinkAbout2026-82 - 8th Street and Roosevelt Avenue Active Transportation Corridor Project Overview and Grant Appropriation for Construction Phase RESOLUTION NO. 2026 - 82
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, CALIFORNIA,
1) AUTHORIZING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ENGINEERING GRANTS FUND
APPROPRIATION OF $5,185,000 AND CORRESPONDING REVENUE BUDGET FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION PHASE OF THE 8TH STREET AND ROOSEVELT AVENUE ACTIVE
TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR PROJECT, CIP NO. 19-44; AND 2) COMMITTING TO
PROVIDING A LOCAL MATCH OF $2,087,025.
WHEREAS, in July 2018, City staff submitted a Cycle 4 Active Transportation Program
("ATP") grant application to the California Department of Transportation ("Caltrans") for the 8th
Street and Roosevelt Avenue Active Transportation Corridor Project, CIP No. 19-44 ("Project");
and
WHEREAS, the Project will improve pedestrian and bicycle facilities along 8th Street(from
the MTS trolley tracks to Roosevelt Avenue), Roosevelt Avenue (from 8th Street to Main Street),
and Main Street (from Division Street to Yama Street) within the City of National City, with work
including, but not limited to, constructing a new shared-use path with a landscaped buffer;
installing new lighting and electrical infrastructure; providing irrigation and landscaping
improvements; enhancing drainage; and installing new signage and striping; as well as roadway
improvements such as asphalt paving and construction of new curbs and gutters; and
WHEREAS, Caltrans notified staff that the City had been awarded an ATP grant in the
amount of $5,185,000.00 for the Project, Construction ("CON") phase only, at the California
Transportation Commission's ("CTC") May 15, 2019 meeting; and
WHEREAS, following the award, staff advanced the Project Approval and Environmental
Documents and Preliminary Engineering phases of the Project, which were completed in late
2024, and submitted an allocation request to Caltrans on January 21, 2025 for CTC approval in
order to authorize funding for the CON phase; and
WHEREAS, on March 21, 2025, the CTC approved the City's request, authorizing the City
to incur CON costs; and
WHEREAS, on May 29, 2025, Caltrans issued the allocation letter, followed by a finance
letter on October 9, 2025, authorizing the City to proceed with the CON phase in the amount of
$5,185,000, with a required local match of$2,087,025; and
WHEREAS, funds are available to meet the local match utilizing existing appropriations in
the State Gas Tax RMRA through the Local Streets and Roads Funding Program; and
WHEREAS, City staff recommend the City Council adopt this Resolution to establish an
Engineering Grants Fund appropriation of$5,185,000 and corresponding revenue budget for the
Project and committing to provide a local match of $2,087,025 from the State Gas Tax RMRA
through the Local Streets and Roads Funding Program.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY,
CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE, AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: That the City Council hereby authorizes the establishment of an
Engineering Grants Fund appropriation of$5,185,000 and corresponding revenue budget for the
Construction phase of the 8th Street and Roosevelt Avenue Active Transportation Corridor
Project, CIP 19-44.
Section 2: That the City Council hereby authorizes the City to commit to providing a
local match of $2,087,025 from the State Gas Tax RMRA through the Local Streets and Roads
Funding Program.
Section 3: That the City Clerk shall certify the passage and adoption of this Resolution
and enter it into the book of original Resolutions.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 30th day of J • - 2026.
Morrison, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Shelley Chapel, MMC, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Heidi Skinner, City Attorney
Passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of National City, California, on June
30, 2026 by the following roll-call vote, to-wit:
Ayes: Yamane, Bush, Molina, Morrison
Nays: None.
Absent: Rodriguez
Recused: None.
AUTHENTICATED BY: Ron Morrison
Mayor of the City of National City, California
44 Shelley Chapel
ifitf City Clerk of the City of National City, California
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